🐾Fin whale
Finhvalen (Balaenoptera physalus) er en hvalart indenfor familien af finhvaler under bardehvalerne. En voksen finhval bliver typisk 18–24 meter lang og vejer 80-90 ton. En finhval på knap 27 meters længde er blevet observeret på den sydlige halvkugle, og hvalen er det næststørste nulevende dyr på jorden, idet kun blåhvalen overgår den. Finhvalen er en af de hurtigst svømmende hvaler og svømmer op til 32 km/t og nogle helt op til 40 km/t. Den kaldtes på dansk tidligere sildehval, da dens fødeemmner er sild og brisling. Finhvaler findes over hele kloden og er almindelige blandt andet i Nordatlanten. De træffes af og til i Skagerrak og indre danske farvande. Det ses ofte at en eller to finhvaler opholder sig flere måneder i danske farvande hen over sommeren, hvor de søger føde i blandt andet de østjyske fjorde.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2018.
- Body mass
- 38,800 kg
- Body length
- 18 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 116 years
Everything we know about the Fin whale
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass38,800 kgrecord 75,000 kg · SeaLifeBaseCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Record: largest individual on record
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- 70,000 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length18 mCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 27 mSeaLifeBasev25.04
Brain mass7,111 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan116 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 114 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length26 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity7.3 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation342 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 342 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelCarnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleDiurnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l38,800 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Fin whale yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCetacea
- ›familyBalaenopteridae
- ›genusBalaenoptera
- ›speciesBalaenoptera physalus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- suborderWhippomorpha
- infraorderWhales & dolphins · Cetacea
All 13 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- suborderWhippomorpha
- infraorderWhales & dolphins · Cetacea
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